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It was a battle between the Axis and the Allies across the Atlantic Ocean from 1939-1944. The Axis wanted to cut off their raw material supply from the Americas. They used U-boats to torpedo all ships transporting any possible war essential goods.

Hi! Um, I didn't know that the Battle for the Atlantic was a war in ww2; I didn't even know if it was a war at all! I'll have to look more into it...

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The Germans wanted to prevent England from getting food, fuel, and other war supplies and tried to sink convoys coming to her across the Atlantic by using u-boats. This attempt was known as the Battle of the Atlantic. Fortunately, the Germans gave it up eventually when too many of their subs got sunk.
Germany was conducting a war of merchant raiding (war on commerce/merchant ships). They decided yhat U-boats would be the best vessels to use and they hunted allied shipping in packs. The idea was to prevent England from receiving food and munitions and starve her into submission. The allies in turn tried to sink German subs..."Battle of the Atlantic." Fortunately, the Germans were defeated in this attempt.

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